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ISBN: 9781912755073
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Languages : en
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SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND DEMENTIA SELF-STUDY GUIDE.
Author: Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia
Author: Karen WatchmanPublisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1784501840
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Selected for Reading Well for Dementia 2024: endorsed by health experts, charities and people affected by dementia. Drawing on the author's first-hand experiences with families, this book provides crucial, accessible information and answers the difficult questions that often arise when a family member with an intellectual disability is diagnosed with dementia. Linking directly to policy and practice in both dementia and intellectual disability care, this book takes an outcome-focussed approach to support short, medium and long-term planning. With a particular emphasis on communication, the author seeks to ensure that families and organisations are able to converse effectively about a relative's health and care. The book looks at how to recognise when changes in the health of a relative with an intellectual disability could indicate the onset of dementia, as well as addressing common concerns surrounding living situations, medication and care plans. Each chapter is structured to identify strategies for support whilst working towards outcomes identified by families as dementia progresses.
Understanding Learning Disability and Dementia
Author: Diana KerrPublisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1843104423
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Covers all the essential issues in supporting a person with a learning disability when they develop dementia.
SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND DEMENTIA - TRAINING PACK
Author: Understanding Learning Disability and Dementia
Author: Diana KerrPublisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1846426758
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Understanding Learning Disability and Dementia covers all the essential issues in supporting a person with a learning disability when they develop dementia. Like the population at large, people with learning disabilities are living longer, and therefore an increasing number are developing dementia. Service providers, planners, doctors, social workers, carers and direct support staff need to be equipped with relevant knowledge prior to the onset of dementia, so that they can devise appropriate therapeutic interventions and coping strategies, including health and medication management and palliative care. This book will provide essential knowledge for anyone involved in the provision of services, assessment of need and direct care and support for dementia sufferers who also have a learning disability.
How to Break Bad News to People with Intellectual Disabilities
Author: Irene Tuffrey-WijnePublisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 0857005839
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
This book offers unique and flexible guidelines that can be used by practitioners to ease the process of breaking bad news to people with intellectual disabilities. The guidelines, which are adaptable to individual communication ability and level of understanding, address the many complex needs of people with intellectual disabilities who can find understanding and accepting news that has a negative impact on their life a very difficult task. In the book, Irene Tuffrey-Wijne covers a range of different types of bad news, from bereavement and illness to more minor issues such as a change of accommodation, and offers highly practical and effective tips that will help carers and practitioners ensure that bad news is relayed as sensitively and successfully as possible. An easy-to-use and comprehensive guide, this book will be an invaluable resource of information for carers, health professionals such as doctors and nurses as well as families of people with intellectual disabilities.
Down's Syndrome and Dementia
Author: Karen DoddPublisher:
ISBN: 9781905218080
Category : Dementia
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
A resource book for family carers, staff and other professionals to help them care more effectively for people with Down's syndrome and dementia.
Intellectual Disability and Dementia
Author: Karen WatchmanPublisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 0857007963
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Presenting the most up-to-date information available about dementia and intellectual disabilities, this book brings together the latest international research and evidence-based practice, and describes clearly the relevance and implications for support and services Internationally renowned experts from the UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands discuss good practice and the way forward in relation to assessment, diagnosis, interventions, staff knowledge and training, care pathways, service design, measuring outcomes and the experiences of individuals, families and carers. The wealth of information offered will inform support and services throughout the whole course of dementia, from diagnosis to end of life. Particular emphasis is placed on how intellectual disability and dementia services can work collaboratively to offer more effective, joined up support. Practitioners, managers and commissioners will find this to be an informative resource for developing person-centred provision for people with intellectual disabilities and dementia and their families. It will also be a key text for academics and students who wish to be up-to-date with the latest research and practice developments in this field.
Supporting People with Learning Disabilities in Health and Social Care
Author: Eric BroussinePublisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1446254321
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
This reflective and evidence-based book will equip students as well as professionals who work with people with learning disabilities in primary, secondary and specialist healthcare settings, with the knowledge and skills they need to work effectively with people with learning disabilities. Chapters - written by leading academics and practitioners in the learning disabilities field - examine and discuss core issues, while a case-study approach ensures a solid grounding in practical skills. This practical element is further reinforced by the inclusion of service-user and practitioner ′voices′, whose lived experiences make the book even more engaging, as well as a range of reflective exercises and regular opportunities for readers to self-audit their learning. Reflecting the multi-professional nature of services for people with learning disabilities, this book will help practitioners and students make a real difference to the lives of people with learning disabilities who access health and social care environments.
Author: Alan Chapman